Ice-delivery device



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. March 4, 1930. R. H. ROARK ICE DELIVERY DEVICE Filed March 12. 1928 ATTORNEY.

' tion permitting the ice to be lowered without Patented Mar. 4, 1930' sam It; ROASRK, OF wAoo, TEXAS, ASSIGNOB To mnn'rnnrncrron ICE sconmo MACHINE GOMPANY, or WACO, TEXAS ICE-DELIVERY DEVICE Application filed March 12, 1928. Serial No. 260,866.

This invention has reference to, improve- Y ments in superimposed inclined gravity ice delivery chutes, particularly those used in connection with ice storage and delivery,

' The object of the inventionv is to provide a convenient means for delivering different sized pieces of ice tora loading point by means of. a series of superimposed inclined gravity chutes. A further object of this invention is v of. QAnother object of the invention is the provision of means for loweringthe ice to the delivery point from the decks of the superimposed ice chutes without breakage or wastage. V v The invention broadly consistsin providing chutes inclined atasuitable angle to the horizontal and extending from the ice stor- 7. age space to the loading platform,- the lower end of each individual chute beingprovided with suitable stop devices for retaining the pieces of ice in each chute; and a hinged secbreaking, said stop devices being manually operable to'permit piece-by-piece selection of desired sizes of ice cakes.

With the foregoing and other objects -view-, the invention consistsof the novel con- I struction hereinafter more specifically stat ed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing where are shown improvements;

but it-is to be understood that changes, varia-i tions and modifications may be resorted to without departing from the scopeofthe apfpended'claims; I

In describing the invention in detail, refe rence is had to the accompanying drawing whichforms a part of this specification and wherein like characters of reference indicate v corresponding parts throughout the several :views, in which--- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a multiple 1 ice chuteadapted to receive different sizes i of ice -and 4 rigidly secured in an inclined position to the upright members 5. Delivery chutes 6, 7 and 8 are provided with stops or dogs 9 for retaining the ice until it isdesired to discharge the same from said chutes. Stops or dogs 9 are formed with a flat body portion 10 and the curved end portions 11 and 11 thereof arebent in opposite directions with reference to the man body portion 10, said dogs 9 being arranged to swing upon a shaft 12 so that as each piece of ice is discharged the stop turns and effe'ctively holds the succeeding piece of ice in position to. be later discharged when desired, 1 Attached to the dog or stop 9 is a rod 13 which is hingedly connected at its top portion to a rod 14. At the end of rod 141 provide a handle 15 for the con venience of the operator in releasing ice from the chute. Chute8 is'provided with afiap 18, said flap being suitably counter-balanced by weight 17 to hold flap 18 in raised posi- Ition, counterweight 17 and fiap 18 beingattached for swinging movement on cross shaft Inoperation, when a block of ice is discharged from the chute 8 onto the flap 18, the ice slides against the, retarding member 19 which causes the ice to come to amomenv tary stop. The weight of the block of ice then pushes the flap 18 downwardly into the position by action of the counter-weight 17.

The block of ice is thus momentarily stopped v by thefretarder 23 before theweight of the indicatedby the dotted lines in Figure 1, and is then discharged upon the member 24, thereafter passing through the door 25 to the loading platform, flap 22 then being raised to its normal position by counterweight26 c It will be seen that a block of ice discharged from chute 6 will not necessitate thelifting of the flap 22 as'this flap covers the outlet endof chute 6 whenice is being discharged from a higherlevel and is held in raised positionjby counterweight'26 except when a block I icecauses the fla'p 22lto assume the position of ice is actually being lowered from a higher level. i I

In like manner, a block of ice passing from I the outlet end of chute 7 does not cause the flap 18 to belifted, said flap being normally held in raised position due to action 1 of counterweight 17. Ice from chute 7 *slides onto flap 2 2 and against the retarding member 28, then is lowered by the Weight of the ice forcing the flap downward. into the position shown by dotted lines, theice being discharged onto member 2% and thence through door 25 to loading point.

It will be readily seen that the principal object of this invention is to rapidly and safely lower the block of ice from the upper chutes totheloading platform without breakthe chutesso that ice passing from the lower chutes does not cause theflap to function for the chute directly therebeneathj 'Iclaim:

1. In an ice delivery device having a pluralityot superimposed gravity chutes with a common j delivery passage; a yieldingly mounted slide fordelivering blocks of ice fromthe lower end of an upper'chute to a chute below, said slide being normally raised from the path of ice blockson'the lower chute to allow free passage of ice along the'chute below, and capable of being lowered by the weight of a block of ice on'the upper chute,

the slide when in lowered position offering no obstruction to blocks on the upper chute.

2fIn-an ice delivery device having a plurality, of superimposed gravity chutes with a common delivery passage, a yieldingly mounted slide for delivering blocks of ice from thelower end of an upper chute to" a chute below, said slide being normally raised from the path of ice blocks on the lower, chute to allow free passage of ice along the chute below, and capable of being lowered bythe weight of a block of ice on the upperchute,

the slide when in lowered position offering no obstruction to blocks on the upper chute, and

means tor restoring the slide to normal posi- 7 'tion when the weight of the ice is removed,

I 3. In an ice delivery device having a plurality of superimposed gravity chutes with a common delivery passage, a yieldingly mounted slide for delivering blocks of ice from the lower end of an upper chute to a 'chutebelow, said slide being normally raised from the path of ice blocks on the lower chute to allow free passageot ice along the chute below, and capable of being lowered by'the weight of a blockot ice on the upper chute, the slide when in lowered position offering no obstruction to blocks on the upper chute, and a counter weight for restoring the slide to normal position when'theweight of the ice is removed; i

4:. In an ice delivery device having a plurality of superimposed gravityv chutes with a common delivery passage, and "manual each of said chutes; ayieldingly mounted slide for delivering blocks of ice from the lower endof an upper chute to a chute below,

said slide being normally raised from the p'athof ice along the chute below,and capable of being lowered by the weight ota block of ice on'theiupper chutef-thel slide when in lowered position oflt'ering no obstruction to I blocks on the upper chute. i

5. In an ice delivery-device having a plurality of superimposedgravity chutes with I acommon delivery passage, and means for, I

temporarily'arresting the descent of ice along said chutes; a yieldingly' mounted'slide for delivering blocks ofice from the lowerend of an upper chute to a chute below, said slide being normally raised from thepath of ice blocks on the lower chute to allow free passage of ice along thechute below, and capable 'of'being lowered by the weight of a block of ice on the upper chute, the slide when in lowered "position offering no obstructionrto blocks on the upper chute.

In testimony whereof I afliir my signature,

ROBERT n. ROARK.

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